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Kr n I Hist or i cal"Li brarV.-A.
x-zoraryj.-
VOLUME XVIII
CHOTEAU, TETON COUNT*, MONTANA JANUARYS. 1912.
NUMBER 1G
The World at Large
All telephones in England are now
government property, and the "hello"
employees are public officials.
o-o
American interests and American citizens are regarded'as safe in China, despite the revolution.
May 27,1912, has been fixed as the
date for the next trial of Dr. Hyde at
Kansas City. '
It is asserted that within'"''the coining
year long distance "communication between New York end San Francisco will
be an accomplished fact.
Federal circuit courts have ceased' to
exist in the United States. A law abolishing these courts went into effect
recently.
Chinese Republic
Established
Sun Yat Sen President
Stray Cattle Must
Not Be Shipped
The present policy of the army
authorities is the abandonment of numerous email posts throughout the
country. '
JAMES A. O'GORMAN. I
U. 8. Senator From New York. ,
H. J. McGregor, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
office nouns
1C-12U. m.
\OTEAU, MONT. • 7-8 p. w'.
TEAU LODGE NO. 44
> « A. F. ® A. M.
meete the first and
third Wednesday of
each month at 8
o'clock p. m.
JAS. ECKFORD, W. M.
B. E. TOAN, Sec.
ODD FELLOWS
• Clioteau fiOdfie No. 11 meets
Saturday nights at 8:30 o'clock
€•!•>
Saturday niEiiu> uu °-™ ~— -.-.--
. at their Ball In the Connor bulld-
)lng. Visiting brothers always,
WelCOD,H.A.PRESCOTT..N.G.
OHAS. II. CONNOR, Secy.
Queen Uebekata lod«e meets 1st and 3rd
nights of each month after the subordinate
lodge.
JNO. C. FERRIS/
U. S. Commissioner and Notary
Public /
COLLINS Teton County, MONTANA
Improved Farms For Sale—Homesteads
* Located.
I File Soldiers' Declaratory Statements for
Abseut Veterans
F. H. FEDERHEN
V. S. Commissioner, Justice of
the Peace and Notary Public
Fire Insurance
DUPUYER, - - - MONTANA
Fewer Lynchings.
Tbe lynching record for 1911 shows a ,
distinct though slight improvement over ;
the records of previous years. The number of persons lynched since Jau.l—GO
—is slightly less than that of any .other
recent year. All but two of the GO persons lynched were negroes. Of the 58
negroes, one was a woman. The crimes
charged against these victims range all
the way from insult to "criminal assault
and murder. Georgia leads with the
most ijncuings—17. Lyncbings occurred in 13 states. All of .-these',- were
southern or border states excepting
Pennsylvania, which furnished the only
instance of the year whoto the victim
was burned at the stake.
Contrary to the record of previous
years the majority of the victims were
not accused of crimes against women.
The victims accused of attacks on women numbered 18, while 31 were accused
of murder. Two negroes were lynched
for insulting women, four for attempted
murder, one for threatening to murder,
one for highway robbery, and one for
persistent stealing. Two were charged
with plain assault and one was being
held as a suspicious character.
In several instances ruce riots were reported in which both whites and blacks
were killed. These are not included in
the record of the year. In the record
the worn "lynchiug" has been held to
apply only to the summary punishment
nflicted by a nootj or by auy number of
citizens on a person alleged to have committed a crime for which in the ordinary, course that person would have been
tried by law.
New Calendar
For Chinese
H. W.BATEMAN,M.D.
CHOTEAU, MONTANA
J. E. ;WEBB
REALJESTATIC, FIRE INSURANCE and
SURETY BUNDS
CHOTEAU,
Montana
A provisional republic has been declared by the Chinese forces now in active opposition to the Manchu dynasty.
Dr. Sun Yat. Ser, one of the leading' tary or the state board of stock
spirits of the revolution was declared
president Dec. 29 at Nanking, where
delegates from 18 provinces met to organize a new government. The first -purpose of the new republic will bo to secure peace. Wu Ting Pang, so long in
Washington as Chinese ambassador, is
secretary of foreign affairs in the new
cabinet.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen is a native of Oan-
lou. He was educated at Honolulu,
where his father was in business, and
later studied medicine at Canton Afterwards, be engaged in practice there. He
was one of the promoters of a plot to
seize the city of Cantou in 1895. Tbe
plans of tho conspirutors were
discovered and several of them
were put to death, but Dr. Sun Yat Sen
escaped and reached the British colony
of Hongkong, whore he became a British subject. He was heard of next in ,
England and the United States, whero
he lived a short lime and delivered a
series of lectures in order'to convert tho
Chinese students to his revolutionary
principles. While he was on a lecture
tour in England in 1900 he was enticed
iuto the Chinese legation, where lie was
told that he was on Chinese territory
and would be deported to Pekir.. This,
however, was prevented, as he claimed
British citizenship and was sot free.
At a later period he visited Japan and
stirred up the Chinese there to revolutionary ideas. He also resided for
some time at Singapore, where he was
surrounded by a body-guard of fellow
revolutionists.
He visited New York in April last
year and spoke there against the Manchu dynasty.
George W. Magee
Attorney at Law, ""«
Land Practice ;a Specially. Telephone
DUPUYER, - MONT.
A. C. WARNER
V. S. .Commissioner OLi.d
Notary Public
Land Filings and Proofs.l Deeds, Mortgages etc. carefully drawn
Office Adjoining Choteau House
ohoteau, - - montana,
The election of Dr. Sun to the presidency of China will be followed by a
change from the Chicese to the Christian calendar, according to Dr, A. C.
Cocy, dean of the Nanking Christian
college, attending tho meeting of the
foreign Christian Missionary soeiet) at.
Cincinnati.
"The Chinese new year, which is
based on tbe lunar m.jn h and which
this year occurs I'ob. 18-17, is the time
for settling all outstanding accounts
and the beginning of a new era," he said.
"The coming year will indeed bo new,
since, according to Chinese custom, all
years date from the beginning of the
roign of the ruling emperor and that of
the dynasty.
•'The present jearis the third of the
deposed child emperor. Therefore President Sun must either make the next
year number one, or adopt the western
calendar, which is mure likely."
Mrs- T. A. Smith
CONFECTIONERY
and MILLINERY
Keeps on hand at all times fresh fruit
and candies, the latest in Ladies'
and Misses' Hats, also takes orders for Ladies'Tailor Made
Suits.
Choteau - flout.
COL. STARK, The Noted
AUCTIONEER
with a license and a diploma. Let me
know at once so I can arrange everything.
It means one-third more to you- in the
end. Any advice free. Great Falls. Mont
Utah will ship fruit to Germany next
jear. Heretofore Maiue and Nova
Scotia have been tQe principal foreign
markets for the Utah output.
Tbe organized progressive republicans of Ohio have declined to endorse
Senator Lab'ollette as a candidate for
the presidency. Strong pro-Roosevelt
sentiment was an a>;oui sue to the interests of the Wisconsin senator.
o-o
There is a consideration now before
congress favorable to conferring full
citizenship upon Porto Rioans. Under
the present arrangement the people of
Porto Rico have no rights as citizens.
They are under the authority of the
United States, but that is all.
Statistics and estimates received by
the United States Geological Survey
from all plants known to produce blis-
| ter copper from domestic ores and from
all Lake mines mciica'.e that the cop-
1 per output from the United States in
11911 exceeded that of 1910 and nearly
] equaled the record production of 1909."
Estrays turned back at shipping
points should be immediately returned
to their iisual and customary rango by
tbe person who drove them away with
his own cattle, D. W. Raymond , secre-
com-
missioners. is advised in an opinion
rendered Saturday by Attorney General
Galen.
On this point the opinion snys:
"You stnte in your letter that in z& se
tho shipper is not tho owner of the
brand borne by the animal and for
that reason the inspector witbolds Ins
sertiticate of inspection, that the animal.* are then turned loose at the point
of shipment and a great distance from a
feeuing point 'to became the prey of
rustlers.' I can not see that this is a
necessary consequence of such action.
Sectijns 885S aud 8850, make it an
offense for any person other than the
owner of cattle to drive them from
their usual and customary range farther than tho nearest corral, and it is
contemplated by said section tint the
animals of which such pers >n is not
the owner, should be cut out and immediately returned to thi-ir accustomed
range unci ir auy person sh >uUl drive to
a shipping point, animals of which he
was Lot the owner or to the p.issessiou
of which ho is not entitled in my opinion he would be acting in violation of
the provisions of section 8853 and 8850,
in case he did not immediately return
them to their customary rango, the
placo from wh'ch lie obtained them."
Attorney General G ilmi also advises Secretary Rtymond that no right
is given any person, tirm, corporation
or roundup association to ship other
than their own cattle, or cattle which
they may be authorized to ship by a
true owner to any point where no in
spector is maintained by the board.
Extras can only be shipped to a market
where the board of stock commissioners
maintains a state stock inspector.
News of the State .
Great Palls is to have a company of
militia,
o-o
Missoula Elks dedicated a new home
of tbe order in their city on New Year's,
day.
A child one year of age choked to
death on a piece of walnut shell near
Bozeman during a Christmas tree celebration.
o-o
CLARENCE W. WATSON.
U. S. Senator From Weat Virginia.
Facts About The
Telephone Situation
On account of our competitor circulating a story among the people in Choteau that the Bell Telephone Co. has
bought out the Independent Co. in
Montana and that there is danger of a
raise in telephone rates,' we publish
this statement in order that the people'
may know the truth of the matter.
We wish to say in our own behalf that
the Independent Co. in Montana and
Washington is still the company that
the people built themselves several
years ago in order to get reasonable
rates and good service. The fact of the
matter is our competitor has circulated
this story as a cheap way of trying to
get busiuess. There will be no raise
in rates or no monopoly. We will
opeiate the same >n 1912 as we have in
past jears.
C. L. ANDERSON, Dist. Mgr.
C. A. DOTTERER, Local Mgr.
Want Roads
Harriage Statistics
Clerk of tho Court Gibson has jus
sent to the state bureau of agriculture,
labor und industry tho statistics from
Teton county for the year 1911 on the
subjects of marriages, divorces and
naturalization. Tho total number of
marriiigas for tho year was G2. Six divorces were granted, three on the wife's
complaint, and three on tho husband's.
Certificates of,citizenship wore issued
to a total of 19 persons during the yoar,
classified according to nativity as fol
lows: Austria, 1; Canada, 3; England, 3;
Prance, '2, Holland, 7; Norway, 2; other
countries I.
Treasurer's Report
The report of A. C. Burbank, county
treasurer, on tile at tho oflico of the
county clerk, shows that the sum of
$177,309.92 was on hand Dec. 31, 19il
distributed in the various funds of tlr-
county as follows:
State general fund $ 3008.G7
Con neCted I State sinking fund 179.80
Chas. P. Manryj mayor .of Bozeman,
has resigned on-account of his inability
to work in harmony with the city
council.
The Hauser Luke dam and connected
properties have been ordered sold. Tho
company iu chargo was unable to make
interest payments on bonds.
O-O
Tho meeting of the Montana Stato
Teachers' association './ill be hold in
Missoula next year. A. J. Roberts,
principal of the Helena high school, is
tho new presidor.t of tho association.
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A number of Montana people woro
killed and others injured in a Great
Northern wreck at Sharon, N. D., Saturday. The wreck was caused by a
broken rail. In all six persons woro
killed and thirteen mjured.
Billings, Mont. Jan. 2—Agitation for
the physical connection of the tracks of
the Billings & Northern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Ry., at
the junction of those lines, has been inaugurated by the people of Roundup
and -the Musselshell country. This
matter has been'pending so long before
the State Railroad Commission, that
the people to bo served along the lino of
the Milwaukee road have become discouraged and now propose tho building
of an electric road between Boundup
aud ■ Biliings. Overtures have been
made to the capitalists building the Billings Street Railway to extend its urban
road north to connect with an electric
line to be built from Roundup to Klein,
Davis and West Roundup, a distance of
8 miles. Under present conditions a
trip to St. Paul can be made from
Roundup in about the same time as it
takes to go from Roundup to Billings.
Creamery Leased.
The Golden Rod creamory ,has been
leased for the year 1912 to Samuel Meed his tailoring business into the room Crea by the uoard of directors. Mr
next door south of O. H.Connor's place McCrea has been in charge of the
of business. Better accommodations in- creamery in the capacity of bvittor-
duced him to make tho change. "Die" maker for tbe past year or more, lie
will bo glad to meet all of his old cus- will now have full control and ruanage-
tomers in .iho new quarters. tuent on his owu responsibility.
Tailor Shop Hoved
O. M. Nordbugen has this week mov-
Stocklnspcctor and Dec'tfund 12.8-1
Town of Valier 48.99
Stato bounty fund 222.33
Fish and Game Warden fund.
Town of Shelby fond 3.88
General fund 28192.01
Contingent fund 0773.87
Road fund ,32180.74
Bridge fund 0511.11
Poor fund 2713.82
Sinking fund 2010.49
Bond-i torest fund 1101.0S
High school fund G424.31
General school fuud 2877.37
District school funds, goneral. 75845.015
Institute fund 22.GU
Personal! property taxes 104.12
Protested taxes 4810.84
District Court Clerk deposit. 30.90
Public administrator 204.73
Road awards 878.7(1
Unfinished business 532.04
Choteau tire lax 92 47
Migratory stock fund 188 75
Town of Cut Bank fund 8.70
Total $177300 02
"WELL, WELL! I NEVER THOUGHT THE OLD BALD SPOT
WOULD PRODUCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT!"
! A thorough investigation of dyna-
. miting outrages is being made by a
federal grand jury at Indianapolis.
Three suspects among the "men higher
' up" in labor organizations have been
arrested. Supposed lransportation of
dynamite from state to state contrary
•to statute gives the federal authorities
power to conduct tho investigation.
DISTRICT SCHOOL FUNDS
District No. 1, general S 9395 92
1. sinking 571 07
" 1, building 439.3J
" 2, general 1CC9 19
" " 2, sinking
" " 3, general
:>
0
7
8
172.85
2935 30
150.49
530.03
4922.50
297/.83
521.18
it
■>
—Harding in Brooklyn Eagle.
" 8, sinking 825.03
" . 9, general 230.G0
" 10 " 11339.77
" 10, sinking 1547.G1
" 11, general 2309.70
" 12 " 1770.53
" 12, sinking 329.42
" 13, general 1380.G8
" 14 " 274.11
" 15 " 2433^25
" 15, sinkinc 2443.09
" 10, general 1839 22
" 17, " 1594.95
" 17, building 2323.02
" 18 general 4811.00
" 18, building 1714.00
" 18. sinking 1253.38
«• 19, general 1330.52
" 19, sinking 835.50
" 19, building 30.24
" 20, general 484.20
511.48
801.39
241.20
1104.07
27S.13
' 1314 20
1S22 30
440.43
u
II
21
22
23
24
25
20
28
29'
30
31
38
Tho Montuna output of load in 1911
increased over 50 per cent as a result of
larger shipments from Beaverhead, Cascade, Jefferson and Lincoln counties.
The production of zinc also was nearly
40 per cent larger.
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The copper production in Montana
will probably fall 10,000,000 to 12,000,000
pounds short of tho output of 285,000,-
000 pounds in 1910. This docreaso is
duo to tho policy of curtailmont adopted by the companies iu the Butte district.
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Sure enough, tho time is here, and
'he report comes that deer are coming-
1 iwd from the timber since the cloeo
of the bunting season, and despoiling;
the orchards and hay stacks in tno
Flathead. The unusual number of tho
animals is attributed to the destruction
of the moun.tain lions.
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Samuel Langhorno, Jr., wi'l be tried
shortly on a second chargo of forgery,
tho information having recently been
tiled by Special Prosecutor Hurd, of
Glasgow, who wus appointed bj the
last legislature to investigate the affairs
of the state livestock bureau. Langhorno has just finished a term of a
year iu tbe state prison on a similar
charge.
Accidentally Shot
]Not Dangerously Hurt
One of the little Stillman boys, a son
of Mrs. Stewart J. Edgar, of Bynutu,
was accidentally shot Friday by his
brother Tony Stillman, fourteen years
old. The wound was in tbe fleshy part
of the thigh, and fortunately did not
break tho bone. The boys were hunting rabbits, and while attempting'to
throw a shell into his rifle, Tony accidentally discharged it. No serious results are expected.
New License Law
in Effect
The Montana license law passed by
the last legislature went into effect the
first day of tho current year, Jan. 1,
1912, to be exact, and is causing moro
or less inquiry and concern throughout
the state. Very little was known of the
law uutil a few days before time for it
to takn effect. Dr. Tuttle, secretary of
the state board of health,has announced
his determination to enforce the law
strictly. Just what means he will employ is not known, but in all probability he will act through local health officers, and bold them responsible. Parties affected by the law are taking time
by the forelock in many parts of the
state, and placing themselves on tho
safe side. Full information can be secured upon application to Dr. T. D.
Tuttle, secretary of the state board of
health, at Helena.
Tbe business people affected by the
law are those conducting bakeries, confectioneries, canneries, packing bouses,
slaughter bouses, meat markets, dairies,
restaurants, hotels and luucb counters
There is no charge for the licenses.
mt > ■
Well Known
Citizen Marries
Deposit under Sec. 843. R. O
Total
Halvor O. Thompson, well known on
the Burton and Sun river benches,
whero he has made his home for the
past twenty years, was quietly married
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1912, to ' Mrs. Raima
070 901 Swensen by Judge J. E. DeHaas. The
904.G71 newly married couple have tbe good
1255.22' wishes of a host- of friends. The.** .vill
1039.451 make their home on the Sun river, bench
. \ where Mr. Thompson has real estat" in-
$75,845.60! teresta. .-, - '„, ,

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tf?!
Kr n I Hist or i cal"Li brarV.-A.
x-zoraryj.-
VOLUME XVIII
CHOTEAU, TETON COUNT*, MONTANA JANUARYS. 1912.
NUMBER 1G
The World at Large
All telephones in England are now
government property, and the "hello"
employees are public officials.
o-o
American interests and American citizens are regarded'as safe in China, despite the revolution.
May 27,1912, has been fixed as the
date for the next trial of Dr. Hyde at
Kansas City. '
It is asserted that within'"''the coining
year long distance "communication between New York end San Francisco will
be an accomplished fact.
Federal circuit courts have ceased' to
exist in the United States. A law abolishing these courts went into effect
recently.
Chinese Republic
Established
Sun Yat Sen President
Stray Cattle Must
Not Be Shipped
The present policy of the army
authorities is the abandonment of numerous email posts throughout the
country. '
JAMES A. O'GORMAN. I
U. 8. Senator From New York. ,
H. J. McGregor, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
office nouns
1C-12U. m.
\OTEAU, MONT. • 7-8 p. w'.
TEAU LODGE NO. 44
> « A. F. ® A. M.
meete the first and
third Wednesday of
each month at 8
o'clock p. m.
JAS. ECKFORD, W. M.
B. E. TOAN, Sec.
ODD FELLOWS
• Clioteau fiOdfie No. 11 meets
Saturday nights at 8:30 o'clock
€•!•>
Saturday niEiiu> uu °-™ ~— -.-.--
. at their Ball In the Connor bulld-
)lng. Visiting brothers always,
WelCOD,H.A.PRESCOTT..N.G.
OHAS. II. CONNOR, Secy.
Queen Uebekata lod«e meets 1st and 3rd
nights of each month after the subordinate
lodge.
JNO. C. FERRIS/
U. S. Commissioner and Notary
Public /
COLLINS Teton County, MONTANA
Improved Farms For Sale—Homesteads
* Located.
I File Soldiers' Declaratory Statements for
Abseut Veterans
F. H. FEDERHEN
V. S. Commissioner, Justice of
the Peace and Notary Public
Fire Insurance
DUPUYER, - - - MONTANA
Fewer Lynchings.
Tbe lynching record for 1911 shows a ,
distinct though slight improvement over ;
the records of previous years. The number of persons lynched since Jau.l—GO
—is slightly less than that of any .other
recent year. All but two of the GO persons lynched were negroes. Of the 58
negroes, one was a woman. The crimes
charged against these victims range all
the way from insult to "criminal assault
and murder. Georgia leads with the
most ijncuings—17. Lyncbings occurred in 13 states. All of .-these',- were
southern or border states excepting
Pennsylvania, which furnished the only
instance of the year whoto the victim
was burned at the stake.
Contrary to the record of previous
years the majority of the victims were
not accused of crimes against women.
The victims accused of attacks on women numbered 18, while 31 were accused
of murder. Two negroes were lynched
for insulting women, four for attempted
murder, one for threatening to murder,
one for highway robbery, and one for
persistent stealing. Two were charged
with plain assault and one was being
held as a suspicious character.
In several instances ruce riots were reported in which both whites and blacks
were killed. These are not included in
the record of the year. In the record
the worn "lynchiug" has been held to
apply only to the summary punishment
nflicted by a nootj or by auy number of
citizens on a person alleged to have committed a crime for which in the ordinary, course that person would have been
tried by law.
New Calendar
For Chinese
H. W.BATEMAN,M.D.
CHOTEAU, MONTANA
J. E. ;WEBB
REALJESTATIC, FIRE INSURANCE and
SURETY BUNDS
CHOTEAU,
Montana
A provisional republic has been declared by the Chinese forces now in active opposition to the Manchu dynasty.
Dr. Sun Yat. Ser, one of the leading' tary or the state board of stock
spirits of the revolution was declared
president Dec. 29 at Nanking, where
delegates from 18 provinces met to organize a new government. The first -purpose of the new republic will bo to secure peace. Wu Ting Pang, so long in
Washington as Chinese ambassador, is
secretary of foreign affairs in the new
cabinet.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen is a native of Oan-
lou. He was educated at Honolulu,
where his father was in business, and
later studied medicine at Canton Afterwards, be engaged in practice there. He
was one of the promoters of a plot to
seize the city of Cantou in 1895. Tbe
plans of tho conspirutors were
discovered and several of them
were put to death, but Dr. Sun Yat Sen
escaped and reached the British colony
of Hongkong, whore he became a British subject. He was heard of next in ,
England and the United States, whero
he lived a short lime and delivered a
series of lectures in order'to convert tho
Chinese students to his revolutionary
principles. While he was on a lecture
tour in England in 1900 he was enticed
iuto the Chinese legation, where lie was
told that he was on Chinese territory
and would be deported to Pekir.. This,
however, was prevented, as he claimed
British citizenship and was sot free.
At a later period he visited Japan and
stirred up the Chinese there to revolutionary ideas. He also resided for
some time at Singapore, where he was
surrounded by a body-guard of fellow
revolutionists.
He visited New York in April last
year and spoke there against the Manchu dynasty.
George W. Magee
Attorney at Law, ""«
Land Practice ;a Specially. Telephone
DUPUYER, - MONT.
A. C. WARNER
V. S. .Commissioner OLi.d
Notary Public
Land Filings and Proofs.l Deeds, Mortgages etc. carefully drawn
Office Adjoining Choteau House
ohoteau, - - montana,
The election of Dr. Sun to the presidency of China will be followed by a
change from the Chicese to the Christian calendar, according to Dr, A. C.
Cocy, dean of the Nanking Christian
college, attending tho meeting of the
foreign Christian Missionary soeiet) at.
Cincinnati.
"The Chinese new year, which is
based on tbe lunar m.jn h and which
this year occurs I'ob. 18-17, is the time
for settling all outstanding accounts
and the beginning of a new era" he said.
"The coming year will indeed bo new,
since, according to Chinese custom, all
years date from the beginning of the
roign of the ruling emperor and that of
the dynasty.
•'The present jearis the third of the
deposed child emperor. Therefore President Sun must either make the next
year number one, or adopt the western
calendar, which is mure likely."
Mrs- T. A. Smith
CONFECTIONERY
and MILLINERY
Keeps on hand at all times fresh fruit
and candies, the latest in Ladies'
and Misses' Hats, also takes orders for Ladies'Tailor Made
Suits.
Choteau - flout.
COL. STARK, The Noted
AUCTIONEER
with a license and a diploma. Let me
know at once so I can arrange everything.
It means one-third more to you- in the
end. Any advice free. Great Falls. Mont
Utah will ship fruit to Germany next
jear. Heretofore Maiue and Nova
Scotia have been tQe principal foreign
markets for the Utah output.
Tbe organized progressive republicans of Ohio have declined to endorse
Senator Lab'ollette as a candidate for
the presidency. Strong pro-Roosevelt
sentiment was an a>;oui sue to the interests of the Wisconsin senator.
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There is a consideration now before
congress favorable to conferring full
citizenship upon Porto Rioans. Under
the present arrangement the people of
Porto Rico have no rights as citizens.
They are under the authority of the
United States, but that is all.
Statistics and estimates received by
the United States Geological Survey
from all plants known to produce blis-
| ter copper from domestic ores and from
all Lake mines mciica'.e that the cop-
1 per output from the United States in
11911 exceeded that of 1910 and nearly
] equaled the record production of 1909."
Estrays turned back at shipping
points should be immediately returned
to their iisual and customary rango by
tbe person who drove them away with
his own cattle, D. W. Raymond , secre-
com-
missioners. is advised in an opinion
rendered Saturday by Attorney General
Galen.
On this point the opinion snys:
"You stnte in your letter that in z& se
tho shipper is not tho owner of the
brand borne by the animal and for
that reason the inspector witbolds Ins
sertiticate of inspection, that the animal.* are then turned loose at the point
of shipment and a great distance from a
feeuing point 'to became the prey of
rustlers.' I can not see that this is a
necessary consequence of such action.
Sectijns 885S aud 8850, make it an
offense for any person other than the
owner of cattle to drive them from
their usual and customary range farther than tho nearest corral, and it is
contemplated by said section tint the
animals of which such pers >n is not
the owner, should be cut out and immediately returned to thi-ir accustomed
range unci ir auy person sh >uUl drive to
a shipping point, animals of which he
was Lot the owner or to the p.issessiou
of which ho is not entitled in my opinion he would be acting in violation of
the provisions of section 8853 and 8850,
in case he did not immediately return
them to their customary rango, the
placo from wh'ch lie obtained them."
Attorney General G ilmi also advises Secretary Rtymond that no right
is given any person, tirm, corporation
or roundup association to ship other
than their own cattle, or cattle which
they may be authorized to ship by a
true owner to any point where no in
spector is maintained by the board.
Extras can only be shipped to a market
where the board of stock commissioners
maintains a state stock inspector.
News of the State .
Great Palls is to have a company of
militia,
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Missoula Elks dedicated a new home
of tbe order in their city on New Year's,
day.
A child one year of age choked to
death on a piece of walnut shell near
Bozeman during a Christmas tree celebration.
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CLARENCE W. WATSON.
U. S. Senator From Weat Virginia.
Facts About The
Telephone Situation
On account of our competitor circulating a story among the people in Choteau that the Bell Telephone Co. has
bought out the Independent Co. in
Montana and that there is danger of a
raise in telephone rates,' we publish
this statement in order that the people'
may know the truth of the matter.
We wish to say in our own behalf that
the Independent Co. in Montana and
Washington is still the company that
the people built themselves several
years ago in order to get reasonable
rates and good service. The fact of the
matter is our competitor has circulated
this story as a cheap way of trying to
get busiuess. There will be no raise
in rates or no monopoly. We will
opeiate the same >n 1912 as we have in
past jears.
C. L. ANDERSON, Dist. Mgr.
C. A. DOTTERER, Local Mgr.
Want Roads
Harriage Statistics
Clerk of tho Court Gibson has jus
sent to the state bureau of agriculture,
labor und industry tho statistics from
Teton county for the year 1911 on the
subjects of marriages, divorces and
naturalization. Tho total number of
marriiigas for tho year was G2. Six divorces were granted, three on the wife's
complaint, and three on tho husband's.
Certificates of,citizenship wore issued
to a total of 19 persons during the yoar,
classified according to nativity as fol
lows: Austria, 1; Canada, 3; England, 3;
Prance, '2, Holland, 7; Norway, 2; other
countries I.
Treasurer's Report
The report of A. C. Burbank, county
treasurer, on tile at tho oflico of the
county clerk, shows that the sum of
$177,309.92 was on hand Dec. 31, 19il
distributed in the various funds of tlr-
county as follows:
State general fund $ 3008.G7
Con neCted I State sinking fund 179.80
Chas. P. Manryj mayor .of Bozeman,
has resigned on-account of his inability
to work in harmony with the city
council.
The Hauser Luke dam and connected
properties have been ordered sold. Tho
company iu chargo was unable to make
interest payments on bonds.
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Tho meeting of the Montana Stato
Teachers' association './ill be hold in
Missoula next year. A. J. Roberts,
principal of the Helena high school, is
tho new presidor.t of tho association.
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A number of Montana people woro
killed and others injured in a Great
Northern wreck at Sharon, N. D., Saturday. The wreck was caused by a
broken rail. In all six persons woro
killed and thirteen mjured.
Billings, Mont. Jan. 2—Agitation for
the physical connection of the tracks of
the Billings & Northern and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Ry., at
the junction of those lines, has been inaugurated by the people of Roundup
and -the Musselshell country. This
matter has been'pending so long before
the State Railroad Commission, that
the people to bo served along the lino of
the Milwaukee road have become discouraged and now propose tho building
of an electric road between Boundup
aud ■ Biliings. Overtures have been
made to the capitalists building the Billings Street Railway to extend its urban
road north to connect with an electric
line to be built from Roundup to Klein,
Davis and West Roundup, a distance of
8 miles. Under present conditions a
trip to St. Paul can be made from
Roundup in about the same time as it
takes to go from Roundup to Billings.
Creamery Leased.
The Golden Rod creamory ,has been
leased for the year 1912 to Samuel Meed his tailoring business into the room Crea by the uoard of directors. Mr
next door south of O. H.Connor's place McCrea has been in charge of the
of business. Better accommodations in- creamery in the capacity of bvittor-
duced him to make tho change. "Die" maker for tbe past year or more, lie
will bo glad to meet all of his old cus- will now have full control and ruanage-
tomers in .iho new quarters. tuent on his owu responsibility.
Tailor Shop Hoved
O. M. Nordbugen has this week mov-
Stocklnspcctor and Dec'tfund 12.8-1
Town of Valier 48.99
Stato bounty fund 222.33
Fish and Game Warden fund.
Town of Shelby fond 3.88
General fund 28192.01
Contingent fund 0773.87
Road fund ,32180.74
Bridge fund 0511.11
Poor fund 2713.82
Sinking fund 2010.49
Bond-i torest fund 1101.0S
High school fund G424.31
General school fuud 2877.37
District school funds, goneral. 75845.015
Institute fund 22.GU
Personal! property taxes 104.12
Protested taxes 4810.84
District Court Clerk deposit. 30.90
Public administrator 204.73
Road awards 878.7(1
Unfinished business 532.04
Choteau tire lax 92 47
Migratory stock fund 188 75
Town of Cut Bank fund 8.70
Total $177300 02
"WELL, WELL! I NEVER THOUGHT THE OLD BALD SPOT
WOULD PRODUCE ANYTHING LIKE THAT!"
! A thorough investigation of dyna-
. miting outrages is being made by a
federal grand jury at Indianapolis.
Three suspects among the "men higher
' up" in labor organizations have been
arrested. Supposed lransportation of
dynamite from state to state contrary
•to statute gives the federal authorities
power to conduct tho investigation.
DISTRICT SCHOOL FUNDS
District No. 1, general S 9395 92
1. sinking 571 07
" 1, building 439.3J
" 2, general 1CC9 19
" " 2, sinking
" " 3, general
:>
0
7
8
172.85
2935 30
150.49
530.03
4922.50
297/.83
521.18
it
■>
—Harding in Brooklyn Eagle.
" 8, sinking 825.03
" . 9, general 230.G0
" 10 " 11339.77
" 10, sinking 1547.G1
" 11, general 2309.70
" 12 " 1770.53
" 12, sinking 329.42
" 13, general 1380.G8
" 14 " 274.11
" 15 " 2433^25
" 15, sinkinc 2443.09
" 10, general 1839 22
" 17, " 1594.95
" 17, building 2323.02
" 18 general 4811.00
" 18, building 1714.00
" 18. sinking 1253.38
«• 19, general 1330.52
" 19, sinking 835.50
" 19, building 30.24
" 20, general 484.20
511.48
801.39
241.20
1104.07
27S.13
' 1314 20
1S22 30
440.43
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24
25
20
28
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30
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Tho Montuna output of load in 1911
increased over 50 per cent as a result of
larger shipments from Beaverhead, Cascade, Jefferson and Lincoln counties.
The production of zinc also was nearly
40 per cent larger.
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The copper production in Montana
will probably fall 10,000,000 to 12,000,000
pounds short of tho output of 285,000,-
000 pounds in 1910. This docreaso is
duo to tho policy of curtailmont adopted by the companies iu the Butte district.
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Sure enough, tho time is here, and
'he report comes that deer are coming-
1 iwd from the timber since the cloeo
of the bunting season, and despoiling;
the orchards and hay stacks in tno
Flathead. The unusual number of tho
animals is attributed to the destruction
of the moun.tain lions.
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Samuel Langhorno, Jr., wi'l be tried
shortly on a second chargo of forgery,
tho information having recently been
tiled by Special Prosecutor Hurd, of
Glasgow, who wus appointed bj the
last legislature to investigate the affairs
of the state livestock bureau. Langhorno has just finished a term of a
year iu tbe state prison on a similar
charge.
Accidentally Shot
]Not Dangerously Hurt
One of the little Stillman boys, a son
of Mrs. Stewart J. Edgar, of Bynutu,
was accidentally shot Friday by his
brother Tony Stillman, fourteen years
old. The wound was in tbe fleshy part
of the thigh, and fortunately did not
break tho bone. The boys were hunting rabbits, and while attempting'to
throw a shell into his rifle, Tony accidentally discharged it. No serious results are expected.
New License Law
in Effect
The Montana license law passed by
the last legislature went into effect the
first day of tho current year, Jan. 1,
1912, to be exact, and is causing moro
or less inquiry and concern throughout
the state. Very little was known of the
law uutil a few days before time for it
to takn effect. Dr. Tuttle, secretary of
the state board of health,has announced
his determination to enforce the law
strictly. Just what means he will employ is not known, but in all probability he will act through local health officers, and bold them responsible. Parties affected by the law are taking time
by the forelock in many parts of the
state, and placing themselves on tho
safe side. Full information can be secured upon application to Dr. T. D.
Tuttle, secretary of the state board of
health, at Helena.
Tbe business people affected by the
law are those conducting bakeries, confectioneries, canneries, packing bouses,
slaughter bouses, meat markets, dairies,
restaurants, hotels and luucb counters
There is no charge for the licenses.
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Well Known
Citizen Marries
Deposit under Sec. 843. R. O
Total
Halvor O. Thompson, well known on
the Burton and Sun river benches,
whero he has made his home for the
past twenty years, was quietly married
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1912, to ' Mrs. Raima
070 901 Swensen by Judge J. E. DeHaas. The
904.G71 newly married couple have tbe good
1255.22' wishes of a host- of friends. The.** .vill
1039.451 make their home on the Sun river, bench
. \ where Mr. Thompson has real estat" in-
$75,845.60! teresta. .-, - '„, ,